partickthedog

0-1 Hearts at halftime. Soft header from slow lobbed corner. Apart from that Thistle playing really well. Lots of good combinations up front and rather unlucky not to find that final pass or shot. Encouraged and optimistic for second half.

Website restored and some interesting new slants in the fulsome interviews. Archie shows a nice line in humour when reflecting on his first 150 games in charge. Novel idea to have a comprehensive report on the injured/recovering players from the physio.

Website worked just long enough to take my money, then collapsed immediately!

Becoming a little weary of this constant targeting of Lindsay. He made a very obvious, public and costly mistake. No one will be more aware of this and more determined to improve than Liam. At half time on Saturday I was texting a fellow Jags fan who could not attend the game. I singled out Lindsay for praise, saying that he had won everything. We already have a player.

Strange happenings in the Elgin Triangle. I also noted that Prunty came on for Lynn after 83 minutes, but was still an unused sub.

Totally agreed. I have just commented on that on the Sportscene thread

Highlights actually presented on the programme did not give a fair reflection of the game in not showing our two "nearest things" in the first half, namely Ryan Edwards not finding the right elevation in attempting to chip the keeper from close range, and David Amoo outpacing the defence but not releasing a shot or pass away until a moment too late. They did show, as I thought from my one look at the time. that Sean Welsh should not have been penalised, far less booked, for a perfectly fair challenge which took the ball. Of course that did not excuse the petulant dissent which brought the sending off. Sean does have a habit of not doing things quickly enough, and even his finger pointing at officials was far slower than Jamie Vardy's.

Just really meant to quote the last sentence of your post. Whenever I see two Thistle players running through 2 v 1 on the keeper, I have recurring nightmares of Darren Brady and Stevie Nicholas making a total hash of it against Stranraer in the play offs about 10 years ago. So I was quite happy to see Amoo take it on himself, albeit unsuccessfully.

A fit Stuart Bannigan would be a more than adequate replacement

With a name like Baptiste he would be ideal for the Scottish climate. Used to getting soaked all over.

I suppose Mandron's got appeal, is used to a white change strip, has plenty of juice in the tank, but tends to play only in segments.

TJR, a competitive fixture is one in which the fans go nut if Thistle score, jumping in the air if seated or moving around excitedly if already standing. If we stay in the same place and clap politely, that's a friendly.

If Scott Fox had not let Dundee"s shot for their 3rd goal go through his body, we would be top of the league.

Every time I see this goal it gets better. The BBC highlights showed that Lawless was involved in the early part of the move at the half way line before linking again at the edge of the box. Loved the way he slid after the ball following his first slightly heavy touch to make sure he got there first to divert it to Erskine.

1) Even though Ziggy won the ball, it was a tackle from the rear, so by strict letter of the law, no complaints about a yellow. Given that it was the first serious challenge only 3 minutes in, maybe a referee with a bit more flexibility and understanding than yesterday's robot might have issued a strong warning first. 2) ICT player not booked on that occasion and in general they had to work a lot harder to get themselves into the book than our players did. 3) Sorry you couldn't make it, but hopefully you will be at Firhill for more good matches (and wins) as the season progresses.

The first goal was a brilliant team move topped off by a sublime finish from Erskine. Booth and Lawless were the chief "assisters", but the move went back several passes even before Booth got on the ball. I was going to downgrade the second goal as a bit of a sclaff, but in its own way it was a fine team effort as well. Welsh accurate free kick, Osman excellent header across, Lindsay does well to divert the ball goalwards, and Amoo feeds off the scraps. 4 players all doing good work. A spectacular goal from open play and a scramble into the net from a set piece. I can see us scoring many more of both types of goal than we seemed capable of doing last season.

Dundee have sneaked to the top by virtue of more goals scored, having won 3-1

Have tried to make use of the WiFi but my attempt has been dismissed. I admit that I have only been following Thistle regularly for 20 years. Do I not qualify as s PTFC Supporter?

Pretty even and disjointed game. Erskine goal was brilliant team move and great finish. One of the few moments of quality.

Stuart Cosgrove on Off the Ball this morning was lamenting that St Johnstone had lost "all twelve" points to Thistle last season.

Cerny Gordon Devine Lindsay Booth Welsh Edwards Amoo Erskine Lawless Doolan

A flirtation from 1974-77 (attending Firhill as one of a group of school friends which included one really keen supporter). Following from a distance 1977-96 (watching for the Thistle result and hoping they had won, but not much more than that). Total bonkers commitment 1996-date (every competitive match home and away last season). I could try to make a case for 42 but as a real diehard Jag I can only properly justify 20. The kids were sports minded and collecting football stickers and talking about going to a game. To ensure that they would not follow one of the Old Firm, I decided to take them myself to Firhill. It was a dismal winter's day (Saturday 10th February 1996) and an even worse game. Kilmarnock were awarded a penalty after just 2 minutes, which Tom Black slotted away. Thistle (including Big Jim Slavin) huffed and puffed, but never looked like equalising. A dire spectacle, but we loved it and bought into this peculiarly frustrating football club and slowly built up the frequency of our attendance and soon embraced travelling to away games as well. We could not be accused of being glory hunters. It was not until deep into the following season that we witnessed our first victory, 3-0 v Falkirk, with Ian McCall playing a cameo role. Our introduction was in the dark days of decline which makes us appreciate all the more the subsequent promotions and other successes. Peter Lindau's hat-trick at Forthbank, Andy Gibson's winner at Dens Park and Shaggy's at Inverness on nights of driving rain and high drama, Billy Gibson's free kick at Peterhead and the later pitch invasion, Gary Harkins looks one way, passes the other at Ibrox, James Craigan scoring in front of a packed North Stand v Morton, Chris Erskine slicing through the Falkirk defence, Kris Doolan beating the Hibs rearguard singlehanded, Gary Fraser's and Kalum Higginbotham's goals against Hearts, the team move finished off by Steven O'Donnell at Tannadice, Banzo keeping the ball just about singlehanded for 10 minutes in Perth to see out the victory. Legendary moments and with our current array of attacking talent, many more to look forward to...

I am trying to think which footballers could work for CM Accountants and apart from the generic Centre Midfielder, the only name that strikes me is Colin McMenamin. There must be a Thistle CM somewhere.

I like Derek Ferguson's enthusiasm for the game at all levels and he knows the names and abilities of players at clubs like Thistle and Hamilton. He may not be the most incisive and intellectual pundit, but you get the impression that he enjoys and enters into the spirit of every game to which he is assigned and is not thinking "I am a big time and big team Charlie who should not be forced to be here",

Did anyone else see that first goal and think right away of Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie and Holland"s equaliser against Spain in the World Cup?